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History in a Nutshell.

The federal constitution has four:
different dates fixing its adoption and
ratification, its going into effect and the
organization of a government under il.
They are all worth remembering now.
September II, 1887, the constitutions
was "done in convention by the unaniss
NOUS consent of the States present. 2
George Washington signing frst fors
Yirginia's president of the conventions
This step is celebrated this week, and it.
needed to be followed by the ratification
Of nine States before a government could
be organized.
June 81, 1888, the last of these nine
States needed to put the "NeW roof 6fy
the constitution over the land, as the
phrase then ran, ratified the constitution
and it became the Law of the land as far 1
as these States were concerned. This
the event whose celebration in this city,
July 4, 1888, was described in Che SsSs-
day Press. 81
March 4, 1889, the first Wednesday Of
March, the constitution became s'practi.
cally operative" The Supreme Court
was called upon to pass on this question
(Owings vs.. Speed, s Wheaton AZ, and
it decided that while the constitution
was adopted September IL, 1857, and
was ratified June 81, 17Ss, yet these actss
were only preliminary and preparatory
to the creation Of a government whose
effective operation under the constitution
began only with the date set for its orr
ganization. A
April 80, 1889, General Washington;
was inaugurated as the first president;
and the government, which went into;
effect, March 4, or nearly two months
before, was set in motion with two of its;
departments, executive and legislative,
complete. The judiciary was not organ.
lied until after the approval Of the Act.
of September "a, 1889, creating the;
Supreme Court.-PA:ladelph;a Press.
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send the blood to the brain with a force
too great for.the weakened arterial..walls
to Withstand. These walls give way at
one or more points, the outpoured blood
presses against the nerve centres, and
thus is cut off the necessary supply of
nerve force to vital organs. The man
falls unconscious, and:within few days
dies.
%>We have not space to speak Of other
causes somewhat similar, but in most Of
them the weakness of the link at which
the chain breaks is due to over.e1ertion,
too continuous brain work, to excesses in
eating and drinking, to passion, to worry.
The weak spot being ascertained, the
fatal result may be prevented for years,
perhaps indefinitely, by carefully reg.
ulsted life.
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Tie President Kissed.

One Philadelphia woman will carry to
her grave the memory of a kiss which;
she gave 10 the President of the .United; !;
States. = |. sEiss.sS
4 The occasion upon which thisintahtos:l
ly personal performance took place;wass
the reception rendered the general public
by President Cleveland. The.scene was {
in the meeting-room of the commission:
ers of the public buildings. The dra-s
mats persone were President Cleveland
and a red-haired, well,dressed womanofE
middle age, the pleasant expression Of
whose. refined features was ..marred only
by a chin whose exaggerated squareness {
indicated her determination of character. j
President Cleveland stood with his
back toward the west wall of the5room
where was hung the large framed picture
of the buildings under a canopy of bunt.s
ing bearing the national colors. On.
either side of him stood Secretary ef
the Treasury Fairchild, and ranged in s
semi.circle were the dozen members Of
the reception committee, supplemented
by President Perkins, of the building
commission; Banker B. x. Jariisons
Col. 10. @. Bosbyshell, Col. Charles H.
8anes, Councilman Thomas N. Thomp.
5on and Counsellor William 81. Stake. {
Passing in front of the President were
thousands of people of all classes and
conditions.
. A proud American mother had Just 5
presented her clean.faced, curly-headed
child to the President with the request
that he kiss it. Mr.. Cleveland had
responded pleasantly, 81 have no timeto
kiss babies to-day" the policeman touch.
ed the mother on the shoulder, with The
rather peremptory remark, Move on.'s
The President dropped the mother's
hand, and his face was turned toward The
next one in line, who was destined to be-
the heroine Of the occasions He had
shaken her hand when she raised hereIf
upon tiptoe. Mr.. Cleveland was taken
completely by surprise, and threw up his
head as if to escape an indiction; The
salute was aimed for his lips. It landed
on his chin. he laughed and blushsd e
and the red-headed woman walked out
of the exit door, the consciousness Of :
success plainly pictured on her counte
nance in the smile with which she viii
crush anyone who pretends to- speak 4
the sights of the Constitutional (5enten:;
NAL days. :s 6
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= During torchlight procession ID
Greenville, Thursday night, in honor OF,
Mayor-elect Townes, Sam Williams, o.
colored shoemaker, was hurrahing for
Mayor Rowly, when somebody pulled s.
pistol and shot him in the right eyss'
The ball lodged near the right ear, and
did not touch the brain. Lee Minor, the;
quondam head organizer of the Hooseri
cooperative workers." who is astrong'
supporter Of Mayor.elect Townes, 81
accused ofdoing the ahooting. s
"No," said an old maid, II don,t
miss husband very much. I haveI
trained my dog to growl every time Q
feed him." g 8s' 5
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The Oldest Man Ii Kansas. @

GREAT BENZ, KANSAS, August 25. :.
Ea1sas, the phenomenal State, again
comes to the front and offers to the Globe.
Democrats list Of Methusalehs her prodi.
81 in this particular hoary-headed pa.
triarch.
siUnclen Willis Blackwell was born a
slave, on, the plantation Of William
Russell, in Fauquier County, Va, No.
yember 20, 1775, and lived there contin-
uously, as a house servant, until 1905,
when he was sold to Thomas Nc Clure, OF
Chester, S. jC., for $3.50. He remained
in Chester until the era Of the great
sexodus" to Kansas, under Governor st.
Johns, admiuistration,in 1877, when he
came to this county and took up eighty
acres of excellent land eighteen miles
north of Great Bend. g.
From authentic records he must have
been q pet with his masters through all
the gensrasions he has lived, and during
the long years Of his eventfal career bore
q mostaxemplarY character; he never. he
declares, received the stroke Of lash, q
kick or q blow,sincs ebildEooJ and only
then from his own parents. For many
years on the plantation'a few miles from
/ Chester he had sole charge, as oyerseer,
/ q 7eritable Uncle Tom," his master liy.
ing in the town. There are several
colored men here who coroborate this,
for they worked under him as slaves
when boys-they are old now-and
Blackwell was called the most aged man
in the country then.
.Uncle Willis" has a remarkable mem.
.ory and is apparently in full possession
Of his faculties except that his eyesight
has failed a little; he hears perfectly,
talks fnently and walks fast; In fact
until within the past two years heFalways
afooted it into town" from his claim,
twenty miles distant. He has outlived
all his children, and has living with him
only agreat.graudniece. His last master
corresponds with him, and the letters,
which. / have Seen, arc full Of respect for
the old man, and reiteration Of offers to
send for him and care for him if he is not
kindly treated or wants to come back to
the cold place."
he was delegate to the first "Repub.
!lican State Convention" of South Caroli.
ua after the emancipation, of which fact,
with pardonable pride, he likes totalk.
The county supports the old man nicely
which he insists it.shall, for some one, 9
fewsyears ago, told him that President
Grant :had;so ordered. which he believes
to be a fact, and he will neither mortgage
nor sell his farm.
he is an inveterate tobacco chewer,
and insists that ifshe were to leave of he
would die. The county generously sup
plies him. with the weed, and beis conse-
sequently happy. OF course at times he
is a little childish, and then has to be
ahandled with gloves" but he,is most
interesting character, and the fertility of
his memory. in relation to events that
come to rs only in textbooks is remark.
able. =,
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Beet Sugar In the United States.

Claus Spreckels, who is known the
world over as the sugar king, on account
Of his immense refining establishments
in California, has been in Europe during
the past four months investigating the
beet sugar business. Mr.. Spreckels is
already largely interested in the sugar
business. He has recently had some
trouble with the king Of Hawaii in re-.
gard to his sugar contracts with that
country. These troubles have somewhat
cut down the. income sofsMr. Spreckels,
bot be still his enough tosatisfy even q
Jay Could.
The sugar king sailed for America
from England a few day ago, but before
he embarked he informed correspond.
emit of the New York Herald that ae had
been making study Of the beet sugar
production Of Germany. he says he
found it the greatest beet sugar country
the world ever saw. There is soma mar
vellous machinery employed for making
the sugar from beets, and Mr.. Spreckels
was so much struck by it that he pur.
chased $50, 900 marks worth of the ma.
chinery for the purpose of establishing a
beet sugar factory in, the United States.
He says be is convinced that beet
sugar making with his new machinery
will create one of the greatest industries
the United States has ever had. At the
present time, Germany exports 100000
tons Of beet sugar annually, and con.
sumes 100000 tons, making one million
tons in all; but Mr.. Spreckels declares
that he will never rest until he has made
the greatest beet sugar producer, manu-
facturer and market in the world.
He says that if it were not for theil
sugar beet production the German agri
culturists would go to the wall as certain
ly as the British farmers have done. In
deed, he was told by many practical
farmers he met in Germany that if il
were not for the beet.growing interes
they would suffer, and they all seemed tt
feel that they could not compete with th'
United States if the new machinery wa
adopted.
As soon as he returns to this country
Mr.. Spreckels will build factory which
will consume $50 tons of beets ever.
twenty -four hours, and which will make
about forty tons of sugar day. He hal
also purchased twenty-five tons of bee
seed which will leave Germany for New
York in December. He proposes to g
.intothe beetsugar industry on large
! scale.-Atlanta Constitution,
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SOUNDING THE ADVANCE.
The call for the Farmers Convention.

10 the Farmers of South Carolina
The agitation known as the Farmers
movement" crystalized last Novembe,
into permanent organization under the
name of the Farmers Association Of
South Carolina" The objects for which
we then organized we're clearly set forth
and are as follows: The encouragement
protection and advancement of our agri.
cultral interests, and the securing of such
reforms and the passage or repeal Of such
laws as will compass these ends and ena'
BILE us as tillers of the soil to secure al
least a fair share of the profits of ou,
labor.
We seek to elevate and educate the
farmers of the State by any and every
means possible, and to bring about such
changes in our system of farming as will
preserve the fertility of the soil and in.
crease the profits therefrom.
While we deprecate political agitation
we will not hesitate to assert our rights
as citizens and taxpayers; and feeling
that we have just Cause Of complaint, we
will continue to demands a fair and proper
recognition of our rights and needs, and
will use our ballots TO secure it.
The dominant element in the State has
thus far baffied our efforts in this direc.
ton and ignored our reasonable com.
plants. It rests with you, farmers Of
South Carolina, to show whetheryou will
remain the tools and slaves Of an oligar.
chy, and depot yourselves as servants
WHO have no rights except to obey; or,
whether you will prove to your arrogant
lawmakers that you are the masters and
not the servants of those who hold power
only by your votes.
You have the power, you have the
brains, you have now the nucleus of an
organization which will enable you to ACT
in concert throughout the State, and all
that is necessary is persistent and aggress'
i've action.
Let the next meeting Of the Famers'
Association be composed of such material
and of such numbers as will show our
"bosses" that We mean to have refnrm,
or if we fail, to secure it, will show our
farmers that we can next year retire those
to private lite who stand in the way.
Under the terms ofour constitution the
number of delegates from each county
association is five, and the date of our
meeting is Tuesday Of Fair week, Novem-
ber 8.
The executive committee of the Farm
ers' Association, for good and sufficient
reasons, have decided to defer the meet
ing until Thursday, December l., at II
O'Clock, in tie hall of the agricultural
department al Columbia.
Those counties which have no organi.
cations of farmers are urgently requested
to organize at once, or to call mass
meeting on salesday in November and
appoint delegates. Let the Convention
be full, so that there can be no cavillipg
about this and that county not being
represented: All have the right and all
are invited, even though they send men
who are opposed to the "Farmers' move
mert."
Two farmers conventions have met
and their wishes have been ignored
The third may inspire more respect.
By order of the executive committee.
B. R. T1LLMAN, Chairman.
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A farmer of one of the lower Coun.

"A farmer of one of the lower Coun'
ties has the following notice posted in
one of his fields: eff any mans or wo.
mans COWS or oxens gifts into those here
oats, his or her tail will be cut of, as the
case may be. I am christian man and
pays my taxes; but durn man who lets
his critters run loose, sez l."
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-"Hurry hurry p cried Brown i'm.
patiently, up the stairs, "we'll be too late
for church." ooh, no, DEAR" replied
Mrs. B., buttoning her gloves as ahe
came down, eve can't be too late. I've
got on my new suit"
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of Trial Justice. Under recent decis-
ion of our Supreme Court trial justice
has no jurisdiction in cases of petit lar
ceny. The result is, that the Courts of
General sessions are being overwhelmed
with trials for this offence their number
being "legion." The casue of this decis-
ion is an oversight in the Legislature,
which has, up to the present, failed to
prescribe definite punishment for this
offence, which, in each county, is daily,
almost hourly, committed. There should
be no delay by the Legislature in SO
fixing the punishment for petit larceny
as to give Jurisdiction to the Court Of
Trial Justice, and this should be exclu.
sive. In fact, think that the jurisdic.
ton of this inferior Court, both civil and
criminal, should be exclusive.
As it is now the Jurisdiction in civil
cases is concurrent pro tanto with that of
the Court of Common Pleas. The con.
sequence is that civil case involving
the smallest amount can be brought
originally in the Common Pleas. The
plaintiff can make his selection of
Courts, and frequently selects the Court
of Common Pleas, with its ponderous
machinery, in which to recover debt Of
S.. Our dockets are too greatly encum-
bered with those causes, "small and
mean," which should be tried exclusively
in the inferior Court, from whose judg.
ment the parties can appeal to the Com
mon Pleas.
Itwould be a great reform if the juris.
diction of all Inferior Courts, both civil
and criminal, were made exclusive.
Such was the case prior to 1868, and
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Il il nes qniss sssssIn ms ks = - b
fhsss. bna rsnsf nnksziistfezsy points
IL nnass n fh4s 1ltsssion. and a. Sac
nps help eoniseanrine Whssher Her
Ms5estg w1zid pernit any rslaxsftsn e
Coars efsqnstfs ID Ne essns e. hsF
dsuzhtsE pssIiIanfng fer ne prsunnsis-
tfon of . dsevs nIaL In nshsr @ords. II
me Msrquis q Lsrns and his wifs are
- sugar - ihs bar Of Sir Jsnss Han
nsn fax = ssltIsnsnt - fkeir connabial
dfasxsnass. vii fhsfr aneuss nsthsr IN
ssEdhst thsm from arpeaKina at her
drswing roors, q vii sks noss Un-
qasssionabiy shs oaabt, Il ker Court b
% hare . eontinuAncs u that purity
whish kas Rrassd is 10 the p1ss.
Ths pahiis will eoutfnHs 10 be very
surious on shis sabisst, and vsil spesu-
Isfe e 70 uhethsE TIE Lord Prssidsnt
Of the Livores Cours viii be salies ursn
70 exercise The Tensions Of bis ofics,
ia favor Of . daaEht and son in-lau
Of royalty. One thing Il certain. that
II be shsuId b and n ne relaxation
Of Court rules shoaid be made IN favor
Of their royal hizhnessss. the strains Of
that ens old air "Ths Campbsils are
Coming" viii be heard less frsQusntIy
than Of gore, in the state bathrooms Of
Buckireham PAlaee.
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TIE CAxADIAa coSrKsT.


The general elections IN the Dominion
Of Canada occur to-day, and the an.
nouneemeBt Of their result will be
awaited With interest on this side Of The
boundary line e. well ~ on the other.
The contest has been the most bitter
that the Dominion has ever seen, and
is result Is as doubtful on she eve 81
election as u vas before The tirss speech
had been made.
The Liberals. under The magnificent
leadership Of Edward Rlake, have made
q vigorous attack upon the government
Of Sir John Macdonald. They haye at
tackled To- general policy, have attacked
Il because Of the Risl affair; have At
tackled II, In short, for almost every.
thing that il has done OF left uDdOne in
the past I've years. The Conservatives
have responded TO these atlaeka ss best
thes we're able, and The result has been
thai Dominion politics have been At a
white beat
Throughout the canvass the Liberals
have apparently been more aggressive
aud determined than their opponents,
and there is nov no doubt that they
will make heavy gains. The present
Conservative majority in the Dominion
Hovso Of Commons Is seventy one, and
the Only question is ~ 10 whether or not
this viii be reduced sufficiently 10 leave
The government In majority. Ths
Liberal newspapers generally express
The eouvietion that 10 will while the
Conservatives are eqoAlly eonadeat that
u will not.
On this side Of the line the result will
be Of Interest principally as Il may At
feet the attitude OF the Dominion gov.
eFnEsni In regard 10 she fisheries. Sir
John Macdonald will evidently net re.
eeds from the advanced position vhich
be has assumed on this question uatiI
be IL compelled 10 do 90, bua q Liberal
gevernment might prove 10 be less IN.
reasonable. Further than this. Lib
sral victory woald probably naean dc
cFease. though not 3 great one, in the
Dominlon tariff and several other
changes in the policy Of the government
which would noe be without interest In
the United States.
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raE HKIGnr oF AnsUnDur.


The protest of the Rhode leland
Peace Association against The appFopri-
atien by Congress Of money for the
manufacture Of ordnance or the con.
strnotion Of coast defenses. illustrates
the extreme 10 which men Who have all
their lives bFoedsd apOn one idea. may
80. The attitude Of the Rhode Island
Peace Association is a. impractical A. il
Il absurd.
Because they believe that peace
should reign, they are opposed 10 pre-.
parations for war, Because they realise
that var is an evil, they wanld dessruy
the veaposs Of var. These benevaleut
old gentlemen probably de rot pretend
10 believe that QUE tha1sAndth Part Of
the people in this world have been con.
versed 10 their views, hus they woald
have the government -, upoa tho sup
position thai all the world vas in easiss
sympathy With them and that TIE Peass
Association contained On iss roll Of
members The name Of every ruler from
the khirsis C6isf 10 The Russian CEAr
e. he British Queen.
Because shey believe war 10 be morally
wrone. they woeld destroy The eAnuon
aud lerou avAy the sword. BsSaass
tier bslievs theft 20 be morally wrong,
they wOaid destroy their safes and pile
thsiE EOld and bonas on the ssdewAlkA
Because they believe Burglary 10 h
morally urene, they voala throw away
their keys and sllow the aosrs q sAesr
Aoases 10 swiae invisiaely opsn By uiZes
asd By day. hes&ass they believe mar.
der 70 Be morally wrOas. they uoala
efsf no resistases % TIE assassin uAo
attacked them in The night.
uis a beAusifai theory and Toe RAeas
Island Pcace Association 10 doahtless
composed Of very worthy and very
ioTAble cid eeatie@en, bst 80 think 80
VIII have thass osas, aefsnoss. never
thelssA We nAy need sheaa. one e
thsse daya 10 splas al al ne hsAatigal
theories thai have ever been evolved.
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Tbs Atlanta Consultation aBxioasly
inquiries "How do the free traders en-
pscs to keep Virginia, West Virginia
and North Carolina 10 the Democratic
Iias9' Give Il up-unlesa they employ
The msthods b. which they keep south
Carolina, Florida and Louisiana In the
Democratic line. The free traders will
not worry much about the South 90 long
as the shot gun il In working order and
me Tissue paper holds cut.
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nxuEs Ave HaxsES.

That ID never rains bat 70 p0ars. ID q
maxim likely 10 be real zed BY the head
Of the house Of Campsell With very dis.
Agreeable fulness- No sooner ia tie
ghost Of one scandal laid than another
springs up 10 take i,s place and usaFp
In the mind Of The pablio an even more
unpleasant R0ioFiety than did tie pre-
decsssor. From . strictly legal paint Of
Visv. both Lord Campbsll and his Ia ~
have emerged from the precincts Of tbe
divorce coars uRtaintsd BY ice atmos-
phere. the allegations o. unfaishfalnsss
made By either party against the other
not being proven 30 the satisfaction Of
q iaFy. whether, however. frOm q
neral point Of view the fres through
which the pair have passed may Be
sailed cleansing, Is question en which
there will be a great diversity Of optimism.
There are THOSE whe maintain that a.
you cAnnst touch piteh and remain IN.
dshled, 80 81 appeal 10 The assizss Of
SIR James HAansn is a misfortune never
10 Be aioned Tor BY she sxhihision Of
aay smoaat OF good behavior and virsas
Tor ses resi- Of the days Of oas's life.
Anyhow, tais Is the snWristsn rals Of
Her MAiesfy's drawing room. which in.
terdiets The admission to It's portals Of
any person Who hAs 60ursa, sstesr A.
pesiiionsF or respondent IN q divorce
saiL % to The Ptsseas time this rule
hAs knawn ne in'raetsoa and has made
no dissinesi0a bstwees pssr and CON-
mo1eF.
There aAy Be- s@Ail truth In The
grislv rnmorx waiea are going the
rOaDds Of she fashionable press eco.
eegning : msditatea bFsaeA of the
nnVsisl rslAtioos between The MArqais
and MarsAtooeas 81 Lorne. 6al IL has
hesa eemmo1 tNlk for = ioag time pasa
that the hspe q the Arxyles dees noa
tive via BIS royal wifs 10 = state q
eociaeAl fssieiiy. A yoane nan Who
writes rsAlma abroad. Aaa helda fora
10 The Hsmssssad sastermonessa On
morality 81 AcDs. wosla sat rather a.
ed &Sase IL Ne LnnaOa Divosce Coars.
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The New York Voice, the national or
gan 81 the Prohibitionists. says thai
high Iissnss must 90" The whisky
bummeE says the aams thing, and hsy'
ing 81 Lass found q common cry the
yoios Of whisky and the goies In New
York nay BE- expected 10 blend In bean
tifuI harmony.